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SPUBLICAM TWENTY -THIRD YEAR 12 PAGES. PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1912. 12 PAGES VOL. XXIII. NO. 99. THE AM ZONA i n i 1 RATE HEARING IS CONTINUED Action in Pacific Gas and Electric Case Is Suspended Until the Further Order of the Corporation Commission NEW RATES WILL DATE FROM SEPT. 1 They May Not Be Announced for Weeks But If Excess Payments Are Made by Patrons They Will Be Returned The hearing of the Pacific Gas and Electric company's case before the corporation commission yesterday was suspended indefinitely at the close of the day by an order of the commission "Continuing the hearing until the further order of the commission and such supplemental hearings as may be called with reference to facts, matters and things therein considered or to be considered. Reasonable notice, not exceeding seven days , shall be given the parties hereto." It became apparent that the commission could not intelligently proceed to the work of rate making, until added facts are secured, as will be explained in this article, and to secure such testimony will require some time. The hearing was therefore held up in the evidence taking stage and without argument of counsel on either side. The commission however made tlve important announcement that whatever rates it shall decide upon, wi'l become ef-ftctive on September 1. Should t he-rates as finally established be less than the present rates, resulting in r.ny overpayment by patrons after September 1, the company will be directed to return to its patrons all vich excess payments. Mr. Masson took the stand again vcsterdav morning and for a season the investigation continued, along the "lines of the day before, relative to the valuation of the property. Then th.- f.uestion of rate making was taken up. Mr. Masson described the methods now employed by the company which he said were unsatisfactory to the company as well as to the consumers of gas and electricity. In a general discussion he took up the matter of scientific rate making which he said is fine in theory but is impracticable. In illustrating the point he said that considered on the rules of scientific engineering the axle of an automobile should not be much larger than a lead pencil,- to withstand the demands upon it, but in practice the measure of safety requires a much larger axle. Mr. Geary spoke of the block system well known among the electricians and questioned the witness concerning it. It is the system now in use in Los Angeles. Mr. Masson explained the system in detail and pointed out what he regarded as defects, although in some circumstances it operates very well. Then he pointed out another system of rate making which he did not specify by name but said it is in use in St. Louis and in a modified way in Milwaukee. In one city the basis is the number of lights in a house and in the other it is the rooms in a house, a house of five roorrts in quite constant use being regarded as the basis. If it were a ten room house of which five rooms were in but seldom use the other five would be regarded as "active" and the additional rooms would carry a lower rate. The details of this explanation are too intricate for the lay mind to grasp except by a voluminous explanation. The depreciation fund of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co- was referred to and Mr. Masson described the way in which it had been established, maintained, handled and disposed of. The question of reproduction cost was again dug into for a season with particular reference to the 33 1-3 per cent added to the initial cost during the construction period which would require about two years. Mx. Masson told how he arrived at that percentage, saying he allowed 5 per cent for engineering, ! per cent for supervision, 10 per cent for office expenses and 13'A per cent for contingencies, total 33 1-3 per cent. Then followed a long discussion in which all participated. The commission appeared to think the 13' per cent for contingencies was entirely too high and counsel for the state indicated that it was decidedly excessive, pointing to the case of Ripon "Wise where only 12 per cent was allowed,- including the interest on the investment. Mr. Masson said that in the figures he had prepared the entire rebuilding of the plant was contemplated. In the Ripon case it was shown that the construction work referred to was construction added by piecemeal to a working plant. Mr. Masson said that if he were estimating on piecemeal work he would make a lower percentage for contingencies, but he would also have to add something to the cost of construction. Later when Avery Thompson, superintendent of the city waterworks (Continued on Page 5.) I N DEFINITELY GOVERNOR R! TALKS TO THE CHEYENNESE Now Is the Time When the Country Is Going to Be Saved associated press dispatch CHEYENNE, Aug. 30. Governor Johnson of California, thevice-presidential nominee of the progressive party, arrived here tonight, and addressed a capacity audience, lie was often interrupted by applause and cheers. At times the audience was like a sea of red handanas. Johnson said in part: "At last the American people can turn from fighting a sham battle upon political issues to a real struggle with real consequences. In this year, 1912, it is given to us to be part in a great contest where economic justice is the goal. With what relief we may turn from the platitudinous plea of the platform adopted at Chicago in June, and the impossible opportunism of that of Baltimore to a declaration of principles of living, breathing vitality and of real human interest." o PACKEY'S DECISION. associated press dispatch PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23. In a six round bout before the Olympic club here tonight, Packey McFarland, the Chicago lightweight, received a popular 'decision over Joe Herz of Philadelphia. In all but one round McFarland landed at will, while few of the blows of his opponent carried force. LEGALISTEPS BY Ousted District Attorney of Portland Wants to Ascer tain Whether He Was Deprived of His Office Regularly associated press dispatch! PORTLAND, Aug. 20. George J Cameron, ousted from the district at- tornevship by Governor West, the most drastic action so far in his anti- vice campaign, has retained as his counsel former United States Senator Charles V. Fulton. Quo warranto proceedings have been commenced, and it was announced today that to morrow morning Cameron will ask for a prohibitory order against II. M. Esterly, apiointed by the governor as his successor, from holding the of fice of district attorney. A suit to oust Esterly will also be begun, Cameron announced. Esterly, on the other hand, has appointed four deputies. His appearing before the grand jury formally began his work as district attorney. Governor West announced today that he would remove Municipal Judge Tazwell from office on the ground that he had not properly performed the functions of his office. Tazwell has not indicated what his course would be. o AGED 122 associated press dispatch! RENO, Aug. 30. Frank B. Iiaccus, a negro claiming to be the oldest man in the west, is celebrating his 122nd birthday. He is an inmate of the state hospital. Despite his years he is strong and in good health. o VOTED A STRIKE associated pp.kss dispatch CHICAGO, Aug. P.O. The proposed wage agreement has been overwhelm ingly defeated by the vote of the street car employes' union, said a union of ficial. Pending the return to Chicago of President Mahon of the railway ev- ployes' association the official an nouncement will be withheld. o RICHEST CITIZEN OF NEW MEXICO Body of Solomon Luna Found in Sheep Dipping Vat. associated press dispatch ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Aug. 23. Solomon Luna, for the last sixteen years republican national committee man from New Mexico, the largest in dividual owner of sheep in the south west, and this states richest citizen was found dead at six o'clock this morning at his ranch on St. Augustine plains, seventy-five miles west of Magdalena, Socorro county. The body was discovered in a sheep dipping vat, so badly burned in the lime solution as to be almost unrecog nizable. The discovery was made by Dr. E. E. Spimller of this city, federal sheep, inspector. Details received tonight show that Luna's death either resulted from heart failure or a stroke of apoplexy, and no from foul play as was suspected. o TURKS AND GREEKS associated press dispatch ATHENS, Aug. 30. Serious skir mishes between Turkish and Greek soldiers on the frontier yesterday re suited in a number killed and wound ed. The Turks attacked the Greek blockhouses in five places. The Greeks sent reinforcements to the border. 1 URANS DIPLOMAT IS United States Will Insist That Reporter Assailant of Charge d' Affaires Hugh Giboon Shall Be Severely Punished NEWSPAPERS MUST CHANGE COURSE It Is Suspected That Attack Was Part of Plot to Embroil Government in Trouble With the United States ASSOCIATED I'RESS dispatch "WASHINGTON', Aug. :'.0. That En rique Ma.a, the reporter who attacked Hugh Gibson, the American charge Vaffaires in Havana last Monday night, was merely a tool in the hands )f Cuban plotters who are autagonis- io to the United States, and who would like to get the Cuban government into trouble with this country, was the opinion expressed here to day by Antonio Martin Rivero, the 'tiban minister, who has notified his government of the demands of the United States that the assailant be punished. The state department late today was nformed by the legation at Havana if attacks that have been made by a portion of the Cuban press upon Hugh Gibson, in charge of the American egation, and American contractors, the pressing of whose claim for com- ensation caused the personal assault upon Mr. Gibson and upon the United States government and the people. Some of the state department of ficials, who bv reason of the service with the American government during intervention in Cuba, are thoroughly acquainted with the Cuban side, are satisfied that the writers of these de famatory articles have laid them selves open to punishment for crim inal libel. Some of the Havana articles are regarded as having been written with the deliberate purpose of trving to force a duel upon the American charge. The state department will never iermit its representatives to be drawn into personal quarrels. It will look to the Cuban government to deal summarily and severely with any individual or newspaper guilty of violat ing the laws of diplomatic privilege common to civilied countries. For the same reason the department will look with disfavor upon attempts on the part of some Cubans to bring about a recall of Gibson, taking the ground that such demand could be based only upon his personal mis conduct. o ELGIN AUTO RACE SPEED EXHIBITION New Record Established For 203 Mile Course. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH ELGIN, 111., Aug. 23. Charles Merz and Gill Anderson, both members of the Stutz automobile racing team, both driving Stutz cars, furnishei the high lights in the opening day's program of the annual Elgin automobile race meet this morning. Merz won the 203 mile Illinois trophy in a race over an $ mile road course in the record time of 3 hours, 4 minutes and 32 seconds, after a spectacular driving duel with Anderson. The two drivers were only two minutes apart at the finish. Frequently they swayed down the hills and through stretches at a seventy mile an hour clip with less than a dozen feet separating them. Merz drove the entire distance at an average sped of 66.11 miles an hour. Don Herr, who won the Illinois trophy with a National car last year drove the same distance at an average of 65.63 miles per hour. W. IT. Hobbs, driving a Rainfiold car and Neil Wha-ton, with a National the only other starters for the Illinois trophy race, were eliminated early in the contest by engine trouble. Although all but one of the six starters in the Aurora troiphy race finished, this 152 mile event did not 'develop the close fight that marked the Illinois. Hughie Hughes, with a Mercer, took the Aurora in 2 hours, 20 minutes, 40 seconds. His average speed per hour was 6u.05. His team mate, Edward Pullen, finished second with another Mercer. The third event on the card, the Jencks trophy at 101 miles, did not furnish a contest. There were but three starters, Harry Endicott in a Mason Special, W. G. Wordingh,am in a Herreshoff "20" and F. V. Moe in a Ford 1911. Wordingham dropped out early, Moe ran into a ditch, leaving Endicott to parade home in "joy ride fashion. WISCONSIN MAN DEAD associated press dispatch FORT ATKINSON, Wis., Angus'. 30. George Whitaker, secretary of the national dairy union, and president of the farmers' national congress, is dead here. D HIS FAVORITE THEME TRUST REGULATION The Colonel Tells Vermonters What Would be Done by Him. ASSOCIATED PltESS DISPATCH ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Aug. 23 Roosevelt spoke here in part as follows: "The progressive platform demands efficient and thorough-going national regulation of all those great industrial concerns doing an interstate business. Moreover, the anti-trust lew is to be keipt on the statute books and instead of its enforcement against the big trusts being as now merely farcical, it i:3 the duty of the commission to aid in seeking that every trust guilty of bad conduct shall be really ami not merely nominally -dissolvel, and the men guilty of misconduct shall be punished.The anti-trust law by itself can never solve the problem dealing with trusts. As at present enforced, still more as it would be enforced, if the recommendations of the Stanley committee were enacted into a law, it is, and would re. main a policy nominally against the interests of the huge, swollen trust but really in their favor and menace only to honest business men with business of a moderate size." Colonel Roosevelt struck up an intimate acquaintance with the rural regions of southern Vermont today during his automobile campaign through the state. He passed most of the day in a motor car. made five speecehes and received such a welcome that he said he thought Vermont was waking up. Before a lively crowd at courthouse square here tonight. Roosevelt made a speech which brought him cheer after cheer. He assailed his critics and defended the progressive party. John I). Archbold, of the Standard Oil company, and Senator Penrose were attacked for their testimony before the senate investigating committee. "I thought for a time they would do some damage to t he progressive party," he said, "but the Lord hath delivered them into my hands. I have them on the hip. I have them in the open: I'll hew them as Israel hewed Amnion, hip and thigh." o CUBAN APOLOGY General Regret at Reportorial Assault of Mr. Gibson ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Ample apologies have been made by the Cuban officials from president down for the assault of Maza. a reporter, upon Hugh Gibson, the American charge d'affaires at Havana, anil tin-state department has concluded to let the case proceed in the regular way though officials privately believe th. proceedings have not been characterized by that spirit of energy to secure the prompt court action to be ex pected. LACKED BACKING San Francisco Building Trades Strike Called Off SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 The housesmiths and architectural iron workers' union voted tonight to call off the strike for an eight-hour day. About 500 men were involved. The vote stood isr to 19, taken after a second refusal today by the local building trades council to sanction the strike. The council ordered the men to return to work by Tuesday or suffer the penalty of expulsion from the union. DOCTORED TO DEATH Chinese Physician at Seattle to be Prosecuted. ASSOCIATED pkess dispatch SEATTLE, Aug. 30. Prosecuting Attorney Murphy has decided to prosecute a Chinese physician who treated Louis Potter,- the sculptor, who died under peculiar circumstances yesterday. Murphy said the form of complaint would not be determined until the coroner completes his investigation but he is satisfied that the treatment prescribed by the Chinese was responsible for Potter's death. o RENO DIVORCES Head of Mergenthaler Company Again a Free Man associated press dispatch RENO. Aug. 30. Phillip C. Dodge, president of the Mergenthaler Linotype company, was granted a decree of divorce from Margaret Dodge on ths ground of desertion, saying that his wife left him while they were visiting Europe. There was no contest. Mrs. Edna Hutt, wife of Henry Hutt, the artist, was denied a decree, the court holding that the allegation of de sertion was unsubstantiated. o CHINESE STUDENTS Two Young Women First Who Ever Came Here After Education associated press dispatch SEATTLE, Aug. 30. The first wo men students ever sent from China by the government to the United States to receive a university educa- iinn nre Miss it Lew and Miss Fy Liu, who arrived today on the steamer Minnesota, accompanied by twen ty-seven young men who will enter various universities in the eastern states. o SENATOR STEPHENSON WELL associated press dispatch AIRINETTE, August 30. Senator Stephenson's illness yesterday was merely an attack of, indigestion from which he soon recovered. A mes sage to relatives here stated today.' T ELECTOR'S RECORD IS IN Controversy Between the Taft and Roosevelt Managers to Be Promptly-Settled When U. S. Supreme Court Meets TAFT FOLLOWERS NO OTHER CHANCE Petitioners Rely Upon the Fourteenth Amendment, Claiming the Right of Other Citizens to Vote for Their Candidates associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces over the presidential electors from Kansas was transferred officially today from the courts was filed in the supreme court here. It will be rushed to the printer so that the court m.ay dispose of the case immediately upon convening on October 14. The decision of the Kansas courts was adverse to the Taft followers and the main hope of the Taft managers to procure the electoral vote of Kansas lies in a fight to get the supreme court of the United States to reverse the state courts. As shown by the completed record just filed, the Taft forces claim they have been fraudulently deprived of rights guaranteed them in the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution. It is charged that the Roosevelt electors procured the signatures of Taft men to their petition as candidates for electors by pretending that they were republicans and as such would support the party's candidates for president and vice-president. As a matter of fact, it is added, these candidates did not intend to support the party's candidates for president and vice-president unless Roosexelt was nominated. The result of this alleged fraud, it claimed, will be to deprive the Taft men their right to vote for the person selected by them for president, while permitting otheer citiens to vote for persons selected by them. CONFESSION BY TORTURE. Statement of Two Koreans Charged With Conspiracy. associated press dispatch SEOUL. Aug. 23 All the 123 men accused of the Korean conspiracy, on trie! pleaded not guilty. Two of the prisoners testified that their former confessions of plotting against the life of the governor general. Count Terau-chi, had been inn vie after they had been beaten and tortured. o PERSONNEL MADE UP Head of it is Major Morrow of the Army Engineers associated pkess dispatch PORTLAND. August 30. Major Jay J. Morrow, of the corps of engineers of the United States army, received word today from Washington of his appointment by President Taft as a member and chairman of the newly created Alaska railroad commission which, is to make a study of the coal and transportation problems of Alaska. The other three members of the commission are A. II. Drooks, vice chairman, chief of the bureau of Alaska mineral resources, for the geological survey; civil engineer, Leonard M. Cox, of the United States navy, principal assistant in the office of the bureau of yards and docks, Washington, D. C; and C. M. lngersoll, memler of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The commission is provided with an appropriation of $25000 created at the session of congress just ended. o SWORE LOYALTY S. A. Council of War Meets New General. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH LONDON, Aug. 30. The "Council of War" of the Salvation Army at which 700 leading foreign and provincial officers m-et under the presidency of General and Mrs. Bramwell Booth was held today. The chief purpose was to give the new general an opportunity of meeting his principal colleagues. The proceedings were marked by much enthusiasm. The speakers paid tribute to the work of the late general and pledged the loyalty of tlwir followers to his successor- . -o ARMY CHANGES. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Orders placing Major General W. H. Carter in command of the central division of the war department with headquarters at Chicago, have been received from Washington. General R. D. Potts, temporarily in charge will return to FortLeavenworth. ( s G FOR WESTERN CONGRESS Much Work Outlined to be Performed. associated press dispatch SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 23 The W'ork mapped out for thetrans-Mississippi commercial congress at thetwenty-third annual session which closed here today includes a west wide campaign for the betterment of farming; amendments to the interstate commerce law; agitation for the reduction of fire losses, the "see America first," (propaganda, the improvement of Gulf ports and flood prevention along the Mississippi. J,ames H. Brady, of Pocatello, Idaho, whose selection as president was confirmed and John L. Powell of Wichita, Kansas, the new vice-president announced that they had agreed to push the work of the congress in their respective territories so that an impressive showing may be made at the 1913 meeting in Wichita. Edwin J. Becker of Kansas City, will continue as secretary of the organization. o EARTHQUAKE AT RENO associated press dispatch RENO, Aug. 30. Three slight earthquake shocks were felt here at 9 o'clock tonight. Their duration was fifteen seconds each. There was no damage. Chandeliers rocked and dishes were broken. The direction reported was from east to west. Alton, California, also felt the shock. o E OF Problem Which the Postmaster Is Wrestling With; Special Investigation of Inspector Dutton and Its Developments Tostoffice Inspector C- F. Dutton is making a careful inspection of the delivery system of the Phoenix post-office, having been specially detailed to that work by the department, responsive to the request of Postmaster McClintock for additional carriers. The postmaster has been desirous of giving Phoenix the best carrier service iH)ssible and personally prefers that method of mail delivery seeking to extend it as fast as the circumstances warrant. But it appears from Mr. Dutton's investigation that the outlying sections of the city are hardly in a condition to receive free delivery, this statement being without regard to the numerousness of the population. The latest instructions of the department are that city delivery service shall not be extended to sections which are not generally provided with good sid-ewalks, street lights, street signs and house numbers, though the department makes a special point of sidewalks. There are portions of the city clamoring for mail delivery and the postmaster has hope of securing extra carriers-for this work but he is met with the conditions above noted that may prove embarrassing to the enterprise. Some householders declare that they would willingly build sidewalks but their neighbors will not and when it is suggested to them that Tl per cent of the property own ers in any district may force side walk building they declare either that they cannot secure the majority percentage or dislike undertaking the task. The result will be watched with interest but in the meantime the more industrious the people become in sidewalk construction, the earlier they are likely to be supplied with delivery service. o ENGLISH PAPER GIVES APPROVAL Panama Canal Act Not in Conflict With Treaty. associated press dispatch LONDON, Aug. 23. The only Eng lish journal thus far to approve the Panama canal toll act as recently pas se'd by the American congress is the Nation, a radical weekly which argues that the exemption of coastwise ships from the payment of canal tolls has not violated the Hay-Pouncefote treaty. "Fair-minded people," says the Na tion, "must recognize that the exempt ing clause is not a grievance upon trade in this, or any other country." o DEMOCRATS OF MONTANA associated press dispatch GREAT FALLS, August 30. Mon tana democrats completed their state ticket at today's session of the con vention and adjourned. Candidates for United States senator and gov c-rnor were nominated last night and a platform was adopted. The ticket ' as completed today is in part: United States senator, T J. Walsh, of Helena; Governor, Sam uel V. Stewart, of Virginia City. o WEATHER TODAY associated press dispatch Fair west, probably showers east Saturday. 111 D E OF All LITTLE WHILE Mexican Ambassador in a Statement Says That Order in His Country Cannot Be Restored in a Few Days OROZCO'S COLLAPSE INCREASED CHAOS Expeditions Sent Out After the RebelCommander-in-Chief Who Is Thought to Have Been Located East of Juarez associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The present unsettled condition in northern Mexico and the danger to foreigners in that region today was charged to the "collapse" of the Orozco rebellion, and breaking up of the rebel army into small predatory bands, in a statement issued by Senor ie la Cueva, charge of the Mexican embassy. Senor Cueva said the Mexican federal troops had practically disbanded the Orozco forces and that the scattered remnants are seeking to force intervention by the United Statees through ravaging the border country. "It is certain." he said, "that the status of the foreign element in that part of Mexico where the scattered elements of Orozco's army are now wandering is much more uncertain and precarious than it was when the rebel forces were combined nominally under one leader. "The Mexican military leaders are trying their best to run down and destroy the various marauding bands. While success is attending their ef forts, it is patent that a complete restoration of law and order in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua will consume weeks, and perhaps months. "Considering the rugged character of the country and the almost total absence of railroads, or even wagon roads, available for artillery use, great progress has already been made by the Mexican federal troops. For this reason the Mexican administration thinks it may fairly claim sympathetic consideration and the exercise of pa tience, indenenedent of the few men in the United States who have been clamoring for intervention." LOOKING UP OROZCO JUAREZ, Aug. 30. Several expedi tions set afoot today, indicate that the Mexican government gives all credit to the report that Orozco is in the vicinity of Ojinaga, along the border to the east. It was announced from federal head quarters here that General Huerta, commander-in-chief of the government forces in the north, left the city of Chihuahua for Juarez early today over the Mexican Northwestern rail way. He comes with much cavalry. From Juarez an expedition will be sent overland toward Ojinaga in an effort to locate the rebel commander. ATTACK ABANDONED Rebels Move Away From Vicinity of El Tigro DOUGLAS, August 30. Awed by the attitude of the American defen ders of El Tigre, Rafael Campa, the rebel leader, operating southeast of this city, has not as yet made good his threat to attack the rich gold mining camp. Instead he has moved his, forces further north on the Ba-vispe river, after informing couriers that he had given up his intention of taking El Tigre. It was reported that he would go to the Mormon colonies of Morelos and Oaxaca, but the Americans at El Tigre believes he intends to surprise them. All the women and children of the Mormon colonies have left and are expected to arrive here tonight or tomorrow. There are about 450 refugees in the party, and they are escorted by an armed guard. Five troops of the Fourth cavalry stationed at Fort Huachuca has been ordered to Nogales. This places all twelve troops of the Fourth cavalry in active service along the border. The rebels under Eseobosa and Ala-torre are reported to have surrounded Cumpas. south of Nacozari. These are the same rebels that looted the property is owned by Cincinnati capitalists. Three hundred women and children reached Agua Prieta tonight, and will cross over to this side of the line tomorrow. A site has been selected and tents already have been put up for them. At Colonia Morelos there are 600 well armed men left who are ready to defend their property against the rebels. A machine gun platoon which has been stationed at Fort Huachuca has been ordered here. It consists of 24 men end machine guns. It is due to arrive tomorrow. AMERICANS ESCAPE TUCSON, August 30. F: M. Curtis and Bert Cunningham, after a harrowing series of incidents In making their escape from the rebel infested zone in northern Sonora; fol- (Continued on Page 5). C C

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SPUBLICAM TWENTY -THIRD YEAR 12 PAGES. PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1912. 12 PAGES VOL. XXIII. NO. 99. THE AM ZONA i n i 1 RATE HEARING IS CONTINUED Action in Pacific Gas and Electric Case Is Suspended Until the Further Order of the Corporation Commission NEW RATES WILL DATE FROM SEPT. 1 They May Not Be Announced for Weeks But If Excess Payments Are Made by Patrons They Will Be Returned The hearing of the Pacific Gas and Electric company's case before the corporation commission yesterday was suspended indefinitely at the close of the day by an order of the commission "Continuing the hearing until the further order of the commission and such supplemental hearings as may be called with reference to facts, matters and things therein considered or to be considered. Reasonable notice, not exceeding seven days , shall be given the parties hereto." It became apparent that the commission could not intelligently proceed to the work of rate making, until added facts are secured, as will be explained in this article, and to secure such testimony will require some time. The hearing was therefore held up in the evidence taking stage and without argument of counsel on either side. The commission however made tlve important announcement that whatever rates it shall decide upon, wi'l become ef-ftctive on September 1. Should t he-rates as finally established be less than the present rates, resulting in r.ny overpayment by patrons after September 1, the company will be directed to return to its patrons all vich excess payments. Mr. Masson took the stand again vcsterdav morning and for a season the investigation continued, along the "lines of the day before, relative to the valuation of the property. Then th.- f.uestion of rate making was taken up. Mr. Masson described the methods now employed by the company which he said were unsatisfactory to the company as well as to the consumers of gas and electricity. In a general discussion he took up the matter of scientific rate making which he said is fine in theory but is impracticable. In illustrating the point he said that considered on the rules of scientific engineering the axle of an automobile should not be much larger than a lead pencil,- to withstand the demands upon it, but in practice the measure of safety requires a much larger axle. Mr. Geary spoke of the block system well known among the electricians and questioned the witness concerning it. It is the system now in use in Los Angeles. Mr. Masson explained the system in detail and pointed out what he regarded as defects, although in some circumstances it operates very well. Then he pointed out another system of rate making which he did not specify by name but said it is in use in St. Louis and in a modified way in Milwaukee. In one city the basis is the number of lights in a house and in the other it is the rooms in a house, a house of five roorrts in quite constant use being regarded as the basis. If it were a ten room house of which five rooms were in but seldom use the other five would be regarded as "active" and the additional rooms would carry a lower rate. The details of this explanation are too intricate for the lay mind to grasp except by a voluminous explanation. The depreciation fund of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co- was referred to and Mr. Masson described the way in which it had been established, maintained, handled and disposed of. The question of reproduction cost was again dug into for a season with particular reference to the 33 1-3 per cent added to the initial cost during the construction period which would require about two years. Mx. Masson told how he arrived at that percentage, saying he allowed 5 per cent for engineering, ! per cent for supervision, 10 per cent for office expenses and 13'A per cent for contingencies, total 33 1-3 per cent. Then followed a long discussion in which all participated. The commission appeared to think the 13' per cent for contingencies was entirely too high and counsel for the state indicated that it was decidedly excessive, pointing to the case of Ripon "Wise where only 12 per cent was allowed,- including the interest on the investment. Mr. Masson said that in the figures he had prepared the entire rebuilding of the plant was contemplated. In the Ripon case it was shown that the construction work referred to was construction added by piecemeal to a working plant. Mr. Masson said that if he were estimating on piecemeal work he would make a lower percentage for contingencies, but he would also have to add something to the cost of construction. Later when Avery Thompson, superintendent of the city waterworks (Continued on Page 5.) I N DEFINITELY GOVERNOR R! TALKS TO THE CHEYENNESE Now Is the Time When the Country Is Going to Be Saved associated press dispatch CHEYENNE, Aug. 30. Governor Johnson of California, thevice-presidential nominee of the progressive party, arrived here tonight, and addressed a capacity audience, lie was often interrupted by applause and cheers. At times the audience was like a sea of red handanas. Johnson said in part: "At last the American people can turn from fighting a sham battle upon political issues to a real struggle with real consequences. In this year, 1912, it is given to us to be part in a great contest where economic justice is the goal. With what relief we may turn from the platitudinous plea of the platform adopted at Chicago in June, and the impossible opportunism of that of Baltimore to a declaration of principles of living, breathing vitality and of real human interest." o PACKEY'S DECISION. associated press dispatch PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23. In a six round bout before the Olympic club here tonight, Packey McFarland, the Chicago lightweight, received a popular 'decision over Joe Herz of Philadelphia. In all but one round McFarland landed at will, while few of the blows of his opponent carried force. LEGALISTEPS BY Ousted District Attorney of Portland Wants to Ascer tain Whether He Was Deprived of His Office Regularly associated press dispatch! PORTLAND, Aug. 20. George J Cameron, ousted from the district at- tornevship by Governor West, the most drastic action so far in his anti- vice campaign, has retained as his counsel former United States Senator Charles V. Fulton. Quo warranto proceedings have been commenced, and it was announced today that to morrow morning Cameron will ask for a prohibitory order against II. M. Esterly, apiointed by the governor as his successor, from holding the of fice of district attorney. A suit to oust Esterly will also be begun, Cameron announced. Esterly, on the other hand, has appointed four deputies. His appearing before the grand jury formally began his work as district attorney. Governor West announced today that he would remove Municipal Judge Tazwell from office on the ground that he had not properly performed the functions of his office. Tazwell has not indicated what his course would be. o AGED 122 associated press dispatch! RENO, Aug. 30. Frank B. Iiaccus, a negro claiming to be the oldest man in the west, is celebrating his 122nd birthday. He is an inmate of the state hospital. Despite his years he is strong and in good health. o VOTED A STRIKE associated pp.kss dispatch CHICAGO, Aug. P.O. The proposed wage agreement has been overwhelm ingly defeated by the vote of the street car employes' union, said a union of ficial. Pending the return to Chicago of President Mahon of the railway ev- ployes' association the official an nouncement will be withheld. o RICHEST CITIZEN OF NEW MEXICO Body of Solomon Luna Found in Sheep Dipping Vat. associated press dispatch ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Aug. 23. Solomon Luna, for the last sixteen years republican national committee man from New Mexico, the largest in dividual owner of sheep in the south west, and this states richest citizen was found dead at six o'clock this morning at his ranch on St. Augustine plains, seventy-five miles west of Magdalena, Socorro county. The body was discovered in a sheep dipping vat, so badly burned in the lime solution as to be almost unrecog nizable. The discovery was made by Dr. E. E. Spimller of this city, federal sheep, inspector. Details received tonight show that Luna's death either resulted from heart failure or a stroke of apoplexy, and no from foul play as was suspected. o TURKS AND GREEKS associated press dispatch ATHENS, Aug. 30. Serious skir mishes between Turkish and Greek soldiers on the frontier yesterday re suited in a number killed and wound ed. The Turks attacked the Greek blockhouses in five places. The Greeks sent reinforcements to the border. 1 URANS DIPLOMAT IS United States Will Insist That Reporter Assailant of Charge d' Affaires Hugh Giboon Shall Be Severely Punished NEWSPAPERS MUST CHANGE COURSE It Is Suspected That Attack Was Part of Plot to Embroil Government in Trouble With the United States ASSOCIATED I'RESS dispatch "WASHINGTON', Aug. :'.0. That En rique Ma.a, the reporter who attacked Hugh Gibson, the American charge Vaffaires in Havana last Monday night, was merely a tool in the hands )f Cuban plotters who are autagonis- io to the United States, and who would like to get the Cuban government into trouble with this country, was the opinion expressed here to day by Antonio Martin Rivero, the 'tiban minister, who has notified his government of the demands of the United States that the assailant be punished. The state department late today was nformed by the legation at Havana if attacks that have been made by a portion of the Cuban press upon Hugh Gibson, in charge of the American egation, and American contractors, the pressing of whose claim for com- ensation caused the personal assault upon Mr. Gibson and upon the United States government and the people. Some of the state department of ficials, who bv reason of the service with the American government during intervention in Cuba, are thoroughly acquainted with the Cuban side, are satisfied that the writers of these de famatory articles have laid them selves open to punishment for crim inal libel. Some of the Havana articles are regarded as having been written with the deliberate purpose of trving to force a duel upon the American charge. The state department will never iermit its representatives to be drawn into personal quarrels. It will look to the Cuban government to deal summarily and severely with any individual or newspaper guilty of violat ing the laws of diplomatic privilege common to civilied countries. For the same reason the department will look with disfavor upon attempts on the part of some Cubans to bring about a recall of Gibson, taking the ground that such demand could be based only upon his personal mis conduct. o ELGIN AUTO RACE SPEED EXHIBITION New Record Established For 203 Mile Course. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH ELGIN, 111., Aug. 23. Charles Merz and Gill Anderson, both members of the Stutz automobile racing team, both driving Stutz cars, furnishei the high lights in the opening day's program of the annual Elgin automobile race meet this morning. Merz won the 203 mile Illinois trophy in a race over an $ mile road course in the record time of 3 hours, 4 minutes and 32 seconds, after a spectacular driving duel with Anderson. The two drivers were only two minutes apart at the finish. Frequently they swayed down the hills and through stretches at a seventy mile an hour clip with less than a dozen feet separating them. Merz drove the entire distance at an average sped of 66.11 miles an hour. Don Herr, who won the Illinois trophy with a National car last year drove the same distance at an average of 65.63 miles per hour. W. IT. Hobbs, driving a Rainfiold car and Neil Wha-ton, with a National the only other starters for the Illinois trophy race, were eliminated early in the contest by engine trouble. Although all but one of the six starters in the Aurora troiphy race finished, this 152 mile event did not 'develop the close fight that marked the Illinois. Hughie Hughes, with a Mercer, took the Aurora in 2 hours, 20 minutes, 40 seconds. His average speed per hour was 6u.05. His team mate, Edward Pullen, finished second with another Mercer. The third event on the card, the Jencks trophy at 101 miles, did not furnish a contest. There were but three starters, Harry Endicott in a Mason Special, W. G. Wordingh,am in a Herreshoff "20" and F. V. Moe in a Ford 1911. Wordingham dropped out early, Moe ran into a ditch, leaving Endicott to parade home in "joy ride fashion. WISCONSIN MAN DEAD associated press dispatch FORT ATKINSON, Wis., Angus'. 30. George Whitaker, secretary of the national dairy union, and president of the farmers' national congress, is dead here. D HIS FAVORITE THEME TRUST REGULATION The Colonel Tells Vermonters What Would be Done by Him. ASSOCIATED PltESS DISPATCH ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Aug. 23 Roosevelt spoke here in part as follows: "The progressive platform demands efficient and thorough-going national regulation of all those great industrial concerns doing an interstate business. Moreover, the anti-trust lew is to be keipt on the statute books and instead of its enforcement against the big trusts being as now merely farcical, it i:3 the duty of the commission to aid in seeking that every trust guilty of bad conduct shall be really ami not merely nominally -dissolvel, and the men guilty of misconduct shall be punished.The anti-trust law by itself can never solve the problem dealing with trusts. As at present enforced, still more as it would be enforced, if the recommendations of the Stanley committee were enacted into a law, it is, and would re. main a policy nominally against the interests of the huge, swollen trust but really in their favor and menace only to honest business men with business of a moderate size." Colonel Roosevelt struck up an intimate acquaintance with the rural regions of southern Vermont today during his automobile campaign through the state. He passed most of the day in a motor car. made five speecehes and received such a welcome that he said he thought Vermont was waking up. Before a lively crowd at courthouse square here tonight. Roosevelt made a speech which brought him cheer after cheer. He assailed his critics and defended the progressive party. John I). Archbold, of the Standard Oil company, and Senator Penrose were attacked for their testimony before the senate investigating committee. "I thought for a time they would do some damage to t he progressive party," he said, "but the Lord hath delivered them into my hands. I have them on the hip. I have them in the open: I'll hew them as Israel hewed Amnion, hip and thigh." o CUBAN APOLOGY General Regret at Reportorial Assault of Mr. Gibson ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Ample apologies have been made by the Cuban officials from president down for the assault of Maza. a reporter, upon Hugh Gibson, the American charge d'affaires at Havana, anil tin-state department has concluded to let the case proceed in the regular way though officials privately believe th. proceedings have not been characterized by that spirit of energy to secure the prompt court action to be ex pected. LACKED BACKING San Francisco Building Trades Strike Called Off SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 The housesmiths and architectural iron workers' union voted tonight to call off the strike for an eight-hour day. About 500 men were involved. The vote stood isr to 19, taken after a second refusal today by the local building trades council to sanction the strike. The council ordered the men to return to work by Tuesday or suffer the penalty of expulsion from the union. DOCTORED TO DEATH Chinese Physician at Seattle to be Prosecuted. ASSOCIATED pkess dispatch SEATTLE, Aug. 30. Prosecuting Attorney Murphy has decided to prosecute a Chinese physician who treated Louis Potter,- the sculptor, who died under peculiar circumstances yesterday. Murphy said the form of complaint would not be determined until the coroner completes his investigation but he is satisfied that the treatment prescribed by the Chinese was responsible for Potter's death. o RENO DIVORCES Head of Mergenthaler Company Again a Free Man associated press dispatch RENO. Aug. 30. Phillip C. Dodge, president of the Mergenthaler Linotype company, was granted a decree of divorce from Margaret Dodge on ths ground of desertion, saying that his wife left him while they were visiting Europe. There was no contest. Mrs. Edna Hutt, wife of Henry Hutt, the artist, was denied a decree, the court holding that the allegation of de sertion was unsubstantiated. o CHINESE STUDENTS Two Young Women First Who Ever Came Here After Education associated press dispatch SEATTLE, Aug. 30. The first wo men students ever sent from China by the government to the United States to receive a university educa- iinn nre Miss it Lew and Miss Fy Liu, who arrived today on the steamer Minnesota, accompanied by twen ty-seven young men who will enter various universities in the eastern states. o SENATOR STEPHENSON WELL associated press dispatch AIRINETTE, August 30. Senator Stephenson's illness yesterday was merely an attack of, indigestion from which he soon recovered. A mes sage to relatives here stated today.' T ELECTOR'S RECORD IS IN Controversy Between the Taft and Roosevelt Managers to Be Promptly-Settled When U. S. Supreme Court Meets TAFT FOLLOWERS NO OTHER CHANCE Petitioners Rely Upon the Fourteenth Amendment, Claiming the Right of Other Citizens to Vote for Their Candidates associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces over the presidential electors from Kansas was transferred officially today from the courts was filed in the supreme court here. It will be rushed to the printer so that the court m.ay dispose of the case immediately upon convening on October 14. The decision of the Kansas courts was adverse to the Taft followers and the main hope of the Taft managers to procure the electoral vote of Kansas lies in a fight to get the supreme court of the United States to reverse the state courts. As shown by the completed record just filed, the Taft forces claim they have been fraudulently deprived of rights guaranteed them in the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution. It is charged that the Roosevelt electors procured the signatures of Taft men to their petition as candidates for electors by pretending that they were republicans and as such would support the party's candidates for president and vice-president. As a matter of fact, it is added, these candidates did not intend to support the party's candidates for president and vice-president unless Roosexelt was nominated. The result of this alleged fraud, it claimed, will be to deprive the Taft men their right to vote for the person selected by them for president, while permitting otheer citiens to vote for persons selected by them. CONFESSION BY TORTURE. Statement of Two Koreans Charged With Conspiracy. associated press dispatch SEOUL. Aug. 23 All the 123 men accused of the Korean conspiracy, on trie! pleaded not guilty. Two of the prisoners testified that their former confessions of plotting against the life of the governor general. Count Terau-chi, had been inn vie after they had been beaten and tortured. o PERSONNEL MADE UP Head of it is Major Morrow of the Army Engineers associated pkess dispatch PORTLAND. August 30. Major Jay J. Morrow, of the corps of engineers of the United States army, received word today from Washington of his appointment by President Taft as a member and chairman of the newly created Alaska railroad commission which, is to make a study of the coal and transportation problems of Alaska. The other three members of the commission are A. II. Drooks, vice chairman, chief of the bureau of Alaska mineral resources, for the geological survey; civil engineer, Leonard M. Cox, of the United States navy, principal assistant in the office of the bureau of yards and docks, Washington, D. C; and C. M. lngersoll, memler of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The commission is provided with an appropriation of $25000 created at the session of congress just ended. o SWORE LOYALTY S. A. Council of War Meets New General. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH LONDON, Aug. 30. The "Council of War" of the Salvation Army at which 700 leading foreign and provincial officers m-et under the presidency of General and Mrs. Bramwell Booth was held today. The chief purpose was to give the new general an opportunity of meeting his principal colleagues. The proceedings were marked by much enthusiasm. The speakers paid tribute to the work of the late general and pledged the loyalty of tlwir followers to his successor- . -o ARMY CHANGES. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Orders placing Major General W. H. Carter in command of the central division of the war department with headquarters at Chicago, have been received from Washington. General R. D. Potts, temporarily in charge will return to FortLeavenworth. ( s G FOR WESTERN CONGRESS Much Work Outlined to be Performed. associated press dispatch SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 23 The W'ork mapped out for thetrans-Mississippi commercial congress at thetwenty-third annual session which closed here today includes a west wide campaign for the betterment of farming; amendments to the interstate commerce law; agitation for the reduction of fire losses, the "see America first," (propaganda, the improvement of Gulf ports and flood prevention along the Mississippi. J,ames H. Brady, of Pocatello, Idaho, whose selection as president was confirmed and John L. Powell of Wichita, Kansas, the new vice-president announced that they had agreed to push the work of the congress in their respective territories so that an impressive showing may be made at the 1913 meeting in Wichita. Edwin J. Becker of Kansas City, will continue as secretary of the organization. o EARTHQUAKE AT RENO associated press dispatch RENO, Aug. 30. Three slight earthquake shocks were felt here at 9 o'clock tonight. Their duration was fifteen seconds each. There was no damage. Chandeliers rocked and dishes were broken. The direction reported was from east to west. Alton, California, also felt the shock. o E OF Problem Which the Postmaster Is Wrestling With; Special Investigation of Inspector Dutton and Its Developments Tostoffice Inspector C- F. Dutton is making a careful inspection of the delivery system of the Phoenix post-office, having been specially detailed to that work by the department, responsive to the request of Postmaster McClintock for additional carriers. The postmaster has been desirous of giving Phoenix the best carrier service iH)ssible and personally prefers that method of mail delivery seeking to extend it as fast as the circumstances warrant. But it appears from Mr. Dutton's investigation that the outlying sections of the city are hardly in a condition to receive free delivery, this statement being without regard to the numerousness of the population. The latest instructions of the department are that city delivery service shall not be extended to sections which are not generally provided with good sid-ewalks, street lights, street signs and house numbers, though the department makes a special point of sidewalks. There are portions of the city clamoring for mail delivery and the postmaster has hope of securing extra carriers-for this work but he is met with the conditions above noted that may prove embarrassing to the enterprise. Some householders declare that they would willingly build sidewalks but their neighbors will not and when it is suggested to them that Tl per cent of the property own ers in any district may force side walk building they declare either that they cannot secure the majority percentage or dislike undertaking the task. The result will be watched with interest but in the meantime the more industrious the people become in sidewalk construction, the earlier they are likely to be supplied with delivery service. o ENGLISH PAPER GIVES APPROVAL Panama Canal Act Not in Conflict With Treaty. associated press dispatch LONDON, Aug. 23. The only Eng lish journal thus far to approve the Panama canal toll act as recently pas se'd by the American congress is the Nation, a radical weekly which argues that the exemption of coastwise ships from the payment of canal tolls has not violated the Hay-Pouncefote treaty. "Fair-minded people," says the Na tion, "must recognize that the exempt ing clause is not a grievance upon trade in this, or any other country." o DEMOCRATS OF MONTANA associated press dispatch GREAT FALLS, August 30. Mon tana democrats completed their state ticket at today's session of the con vention and adjourned. Candidates for United States senator and gov c-rnor were nominated last night and a platform was adopted. The ticket ' as completed today is in part: United States senator, T J. Walsh, of Helena; Governor, Sam uel V. Stewart, of Virginia City. o WEATHER TODAY associated press dispatch Fair west, probably showers east Saturday. 111 D E OF All LITTLE WHILE Mexican Ambassador in a Statement Says That Order in His Country Cannot Be Restored in a Few Days OROZCO'S COLLAPSE INCREASED CHAOS Expeditions Sent Out After the RebelCommander-in-Chief Who Is Thought to Have Been Located East of Juarez associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The present unsettled condition in northern Mexico and the danger to foreigners in that region today was charged to the "collapse" of the Orozco rebellion, and breaking up of the rebel army into small predatory bands, in a statement issued by Senor ie la Cueva, charge of the Mexican embassy. Senor Cueva said the Mexican federal troops had practically disbanded the Orozco forces and that the scattered remnants are seeking to force intervention by the United Statees through ravaging the border country. "It is certain." he said, "that the status of the foreign element in that part of Mexico where the scattered elements of Orozco's army are now wandering is much more uncertain and precarious than it was when the rebel forces were combined nominally under one leader. "The Mexican military leaders are trying their best to run down and destroy the various marauding bands. While success is attending their ef forts, it is patent that a complete restoration of law and order in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua will consume weeks, and perhaps months. "Considering the rugged character of the country and the almost total absence of railroads, or even wagon roads, available for artillery use, great progress has already been made by the Mexican federal troops. For this reason the Mexican administration thinks it may fairly claim sympathetic consideration and the exercise of pa tience, indenenedent of the few men in the United States who have been clamoring for intervention." LOOKING UP OROZCO JUAREZ, Aug. 30. Several expedi tions set afoot today, indicate that the Mexican government gives all credit to the report that Orozco is in the vicinity of Ojinaga, along the border to the east. It was announced from federal head quarters here that General Huerta, commander-in-chief of the government forces in the north, left the city of Chihuahua for Juarez early today over the Mexican Northwestern rail way. He comes with much cavalry. From Juarez an expedition will be sent overland toward Ojinaga in an effort to locate the rebel commander. ATTACK ABANDONED Rebels Move Away From Vicinity of El Tigro DOUGLAS, August 30. Awed by the attitude of the American defen ders of El Tigre, Rafael Campa, the rebel leader, operating southeast of this city, has not as yet made good his threat to attack the rich gold mining camp. Instead he has moved his, forces further north on the Ba-vispe river, after informing couriers that he had given up his intention of taking El Tigre. It was reported that he would go to the Mormon colonies of Morelos and Oaxaca, but the Americans at El Tigre believes he intends to surprise them. All the women and children of the Mormon colonies have left and are expected to arrive here tonight or tomorrow. There are about 450 refugees in the party, and they are escorted by an armed guard. Five troops of the Fourth cavalry stationed at Fort Huachuca has been ordered to Nogales. This places all twelve troops of the Fourth cavalry in active service along the border. The rebels under Eseobosa and Ala-torre are reported to have surrounded Cumpas. south of Nacozari. These are the same rebels that looted the property is owned by Cincinnati capitalists. Three hundred women and children reached Agua Prieta tonight, and will cross over to this side of the line tomorrow. A site has been selected and tents already have been put up for them. At Colonia Morelos there are 600 well armed men left who are ready to defend their property against the rebels. A machine gun platoon which has been stationed at Fort Huachuca has been ordered here. It consists of 24 men end machine guns. It is due to arrive tomorrow. AMERICANS ESCAPE TUCSON, August 30. F: M. Curtis and Bert Cunningham, after a harrowing series of incidents In making their escape from the rebel infested zone in northern Sonora; fol- (Continued on Page 5). C C